How far in advance should I send my wedding invitations?

The standard is 6-12 weeks before the actual wedding day, depending on the size of your wedding and whether you will be having a lot of guests from out of town or not. If you are having a small and casual affair, 6 weeks might be more appropriate, however, sending them out 3 months in advance will give your guests plenty of notice and time to make travel arrangements if they are coming from out of town. This will also allow you to make the RSVP date a little sooner (about 3 weeks before the wedding) so you can get started on your seating chart and let the caterer know what to plan for as far as the food preparations go.

Getting those wedding invitations out sooner than later will relieve a lot of the stress that comes from planning a wedding, so arrange your invitations, envelopes, stamps, invitee list, and mailing addresses long before you actually plan on dropping them in the mail.